In a case information sheet filed before the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan on December 12, the ombudsman charged Sabio with failure to render accounts under Article 218 of the Revised Penal Code. Syjuco allegedly received the cash advances in the form of two checks dated Dec. 15 and Dec. 23, 2008. Sabio is currently facing three counts of malversation of public funds before the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division over his alleged failure to liquidate litigation-related cash advances in 2008 and 2009 amounting P632,428. The ombudsman, which filed the cases in December 2016, said Sabio influenced his late younger brother, then Court of Appeals Associate Justice Jose SabioJr. to rule in favor of the GSIS in a case filed by the Lopez-owned Meralco.

Source: Philippine Star December 16, 2017 06:33 UTC